There are so many ways to described the 'so near yet so far' history of the Ixworth, in fact in the words of Marlon Brando from 'On the Waterfront,' the Ixworth: 'Could have been a contender.' Created in the 1930s by Reginald Appleyard (of Appleyard duck fame) it is one of the newer pure breeds of poultry to be recognised and it was constructed with one end game in mind: the creation of a chicken that would meet all the needs of the UK market in one single dual-purpose breed, and, for a short periodof time it managed just that.
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